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RECONSTRUCTION 


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RECONSTRUCTION:  A  SELECTED  BIBLIOGRAPHY 


This  introductory  list  of  references  will  be  followed  at  a  later  time  by  a  more  comprehensive  bibliography.  It 
represents  but  a  small  selection  of  the  best  which  has  thus  far  appeared. 


“There  is  no  doubt  that  the  present  war  presents  an  opportunity  for  the  reconstruction  of  the  industrial  and 
economic  conditions  of  this  country,  such  as  has  never  been  presented  probably  in  the  life  of  the  world.  .  .  . 

Immediately  after  the  war  .  .  .  I  believe  the  country  will  be  in  a  more  enthusiastic  mood,  in  a  more  exalted  mood 

for  the  time  being,  in  a  greater  mood  for  doing  big  things,  and  unless  the  opportunity  is  seized  immediately  .  .  . 

I  believe  it  will  pass  away,  I  will  not  say  forever,  but  it  will  pass  away  far  beyond  either  your  time  or  mine,  and  per¬ 
haps  beyond  our  children’s.”  The  British  Prime  Minister.  May  1917. 


Brailsford,  H.  N.  League  of  nations.  Ed. 
2,  rev.  349  p.  London,  Headley,  1917. 

“The  task  which  for  us  exceeds  all  others  in  impor¬ 
tance  and  must  be  made  to  include  all  others,  is  the 
making  of  conditions  which  promise  security  from  fur¬ 
ther  wars.  The  settlement  of  the  national,  colonial 
and  economic  questions  involved  in  this  war  must  be  a 
settlement  which  will  help  the  creation,  and  ensure  the 
harmonious  working  of  a  League  of  nations  founded  to 
maintain  peace.” 

British  association  for  the  advance¬ 
ment  of  science.  Industry  and  finance; 
war  expedients  and  reconstruction,  being  the 
results  of  enquiries  arranged  by  the  Section  of 
economic  science  during  the  years  1916  and 
1917,  edited  by  A.  W.  Kirkaldy.  371  p. 
London,  Pitman,  1917. 

-  Labour,  finance,  and  the  war, 

edited  and  with  a  preface  by  A.  W.  Kirkaldy. 
344  p.  London,  Pitman,  1916. 

Some  thoughts  on  reconstruction  after  the  war,  by 
A.  W.  Kirkaldy,  p.  1-19. 

Carter,  Huntley,  ed.  Industrial  recon¬ 
struction,  a  symposium  on  the  situation  after 
the  war  and  how  to  meet  it.  295  p.  London, 
Unwin,  1917. 

Chapman,  S.  J.,  ed.  Labour  and  capital 
after  the  war,  by  various  writers,  introd.  by 
the  Rt.  Hon.  J.  H.  Whitley.  280  p.  London, 
Murray,  1918. 

Cole,  G.  D.  H.  Self-government  in  in¬ 
dustry.  329  p.  London,  Bell,  1917. 

General  suggestions  for  industrial  reconstruction, 
“based  upon  the  idea  that  the  control  of  industry  should 
be  democratised;  that  the  workers  themselves  should 
have  an  ever-increasing  measure  of  power  and  respon¬ 
sibility  in  control,  and  that  capitalist  supremacy  can  be 
overthrown  only  by  a  system  of  industrial  democracy 
in  which  the  workers  will  control  industry  in  conjunc¬ 
tion  with  a  democratised  State.  This  is  the  system  of 
National  Guilds.” 

Dawson,  W.  H.,  ed.  After- war  problems, 
by  the  Earl  of  Cromer  and  others.  366  p. 
London,  Allen,  1917. 

Garton  foundation.  Memorandum  on 
the  industrial  situation  after  the  war,  pri¬ 
vately  circulated  among  employers,  repre¬ 
sentatives  of  labour,  and  public  men  of  all 
parties,  May-September  1916,  now  published 
as  revised  in  the  light  of  criticisms  and  sug¬ 
gestions  received,  October  1916.  96  p.  Lon¬ 
don,  Harrison,  1916. 

Great  Britain.  Labour,  Ministry  of. 

Industrial  reports,  no.  1-date,  1917-date. 

no.  1,  Industrial  councils;  the  Whitley  report  to¬ 
gether  with  the  letter  of  the  Minister  of  labour  explain¬ 
ing  the  Government’s  view  of  its  proposals. 

no.  2,  Works  committees;  report  of  an  enquiry  made 
by  the  Minister  of  labour. 


-  Reconstruction,  Ministry  of. 

First  (interim)  report  of  the  Civil  war  work¬ 
ers’  committee.  11  p.  London,  Govt.  1918. 
(Cd.  9117) 

Appointed  “to  consider  and  report  upon  the  arrange¬ 
ments  which  should  be  made  for  the  demobilisation  of 
workers  engaged  during  the  war  in  National  Factories, 
Controlled  Establishments,  in  other  firms  engaged  in 
the  production  of  munitions  of  war  and  on  government 
contracts,  or  in  firms  where  substitute  labour  has  been 
employed  for  the  duration  of  the  war.” 

- Housing  in  England  and 

Wales;  memorandum  by  the  Advisory  hous¬ 
ing  panel  on  the  emergency  problem.  15  p. 
London,  Govt.  1918.  (Cd.  9087) 

Review  of  the  question  as  it  is  likely  to  be  presented 
at  the  close  of  the  war  and  a  plan  toward  its  solution. 

- Report  of  the  Agricultural 

policy  sub-committee  .  .  .  appointed  in 

August,  1916,  to  consider  and  report  upon  the 
methods  of  effecting  an  increase  in  the  home¬ 
grown  food  supplies,  having  regard  to  the 
need  of  such  increase  in  the  interests  of  na¬ 
tional  security,  together  with  reports  by  Sir 
Matthew  G.  Wallace;  and  Summaries  of 
evidence  taken  before  the  Agricultural  policy 
sub-committee.  136+129  p.  London,  Govt. 
1918.  (Cd.  9079-9080) 

Report  made  with  the  point  of  view  of  post-war  con¬ 
ditions. 

- List  of  commissions  and 

committees  set  up  to  deal  with  questions 
which  will  arrive  at  the  close  of  the  war.  34 
p.  London,  Govt.  1918.  (Cd.  8916) 

Among  the  questions  to  be  dealt  with  are:  trade 
development,  finance,  raw  materials,  coal  and  power, 
intelligence,  scientific  and  industrial  research,  demo¬ 
bilisation  and  disposal  of  stores,  labour  and  employ¬ 
ment,  agriculture  and  forestry,  public  administration, 
housing,  education,  aliens,  legal,  miscellaneous. 

- Committee  on  relations 

between  employers  and  employed.  Re¬ 
port  on  conciliation  and  arbitration.  5  p. 
London,  Govt.  1918.  (Cd.  9081) 

Opposes  compulsory  arbitration. 

- Second  report  on  joint 

standing  industrial  councils.  7  p.  London, 
Govt.  1918.  (Cd.  9002) 

- Supplementary  report  on 

works  committees.  4  p.  London,  Govt. 
1918.  (Cd.  9001) 

- Local  government  com¬ 
mittee.  Report  on  transfer  of  functions  of 
poor  law  authorities  in  England  and  Wales. 
26  p.  London,  Govt.  1918.  (Cd.  8917) 

Appointed  “to  consider  and  report  upon  the  steps 
to  be  taken  to  secure  the  better  co-ordination  of  Public 
Assistance  in  England  and  Wales  and  upon  such  other 
matters  affecting  the  system  of  Local  government  as 
may  from  time  to  time  be  referred  to  it.” 


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-  Reconstruction  committee. 

Sub-committee  on  relations  between  em¬ 
ployers  and  employed.  Interim  report  on 
joint  standing  industrial  councils.  8  p. 
London,  Govt.  1917.  (Cd.  8606) 

Known  as  the  Whitley  report.  Its  proposals  have 
already  been  widely  adopted. 

-  Standing  joint  committee  of 

industrial  women’s  organisations.  Posi¬ 
tion  of  women  after  the  war;  report  pre¬ 
sented  to  the  Joint  committee  on  labour  prob¬ 
lems  after  the  war.  20  p.  London,  Co¬ 
operative  printing  soc.  ltd.  1917. 

Report  deals  first  with  the  effect  of  war  upon  women 
and  the  gains  and  losses  it  has  brought  with  special 
reference  to  their  industrial  position,  and  secondly  with 
the  measures  taken  to  retain  those  gains  and  retrieve 
the  losses  and  how  the  period  of  reconstruction  can  best 
be  used  to  forward  the  main  object — improving  the 
general  position  of  women  and  accomplishing  far- 
reaching  social,  economic  and  political  reforms. 

Hall,  A.  D.  Agriculture  after  the  war. 
137  p.  London,  Murray,  1917. 

“  My  text  is  the  need  for  an  increased  production 
of  food.”  Shows  need  for  reorganization  of  agriculture 
in  order  to  meet  the  situation  created  by  the  war  at 
home  and  the  greater  employment  of  men  upon  the 
land  as  essential  to  the  security  of  the  nation  as  a  whole, 
and  independent  of  the  particular  interests  of  land- 
owners  or  farmers. 

Henderson,  Arthur.  Aims  of  labour. 
108  p.  London,  Headley,  1918. 

Summarizes  the  program  of  British  labor. 

Hobson,  J.  A.  Democracy  after  the  war. 
215  p.  N.  Y.  Macmillan,  1918. 

Hobson,  S.  G.  Guild  principles  in  war 
and  peace,  with  an  introductory  essay  by  A. 
R.  Orage.  176  p.  London,  Bell,  1917. 

Advocates  the  abolition  of  the  wage  system  and  the 
formation  of  national  guilds. 

Labour  party  (Great  Britain).  Labour 
and  the  new  social  order;  a  report  on  recon¬ 
struction.  18  p.  London,  1918. 

Reprinted  in  New  republic  as  supplement  to  issue 
of  February  16,  1918.  Other  publications  of  the  La¬ 
bour  party  of  special  interest  at  this  time  are:  Labour 
problems  after  the  war;  Resolutions  on  reconstruc¬ 
tion;  Agenda  of  resolutions  on  reconstruction. 

Marburg,  Theodore.  League  of  nations; 
a  chapter  in  the  history  of  the  movement. 
139  p.  N.  Y.  Macmillan,  1917. 

‘‘A  history  of  the  movement  in  the  United  States 
to  secure  action  by  the  United  States  and  other  nations, 
after  this  great  world  war,  looking  to  the  establish¬ 
ment  of  a  League  to  Enforce  Peace,”  from  the  foreword, 
by  Wm.  H.  Taft. 

National  institute  of  social  sciences. 

Reconstruction  after  the  war.  242  p.  Bos¬ 
ton,  Boston  book  co.  1918.  (Journal,  v.  4, 
1918.) 

Addresses  and  papers  presented  at  the  annual  meet¬ 
ing,  January  18,  1918. 

New  towns  after  the  war,  an  argument  for 
garden  cities,  by  New  townsmen.  84  p.  Lon¬ 
don,  Dent,  1918. 

Next  steps  in  social  and  industrial  recon¬ 
struction,  being  papers  prepared  for  meetings 
of  the  Committee  on  war  and  the  social  order 
(appointed  by  London  yearly  meeting  of  the 
Society  of  Friends)  together  with  minutes  re¬ 
cording  the  considered  views  of  the  Committee 
&  a  short  bibliography.  103  p.  London, 
Headley,  1918. 


Penty,  A.  J.  Old  worlds  for  new,  a  study 
of  the  post-industrial  state.  186  p.  London, 
Unwin,  1917. 

Problems  of  reconstruction,  lectures  and 
addresses  delivered  at  the  summer  meeting 
at  the  Hampstead  Garden  Suburb,  August, 
1917,  with  an  introduction  by  the  Marquess 
of  Crewe.  315  p.  London,  Unwin,  1918. 

Papers  deal  with  first  principles  of  reconstruction, 
educational,  social,  and  industrial  reconstruction,  and 
arts  and  crafts  in  relation  to  reconstruction. 

Ramsay,  Alexander.  Terms  of  industrial 
peace.  144  p.  London,  Constable,  1917. 

‘‘Object  of  the  present  work  is  to  consider  the  rela¬ 
tion,  in  the  industrial  equation,  of  the  two  factors, 
Capital  and  Labour,  and  to  suggest  a  means  by  which 
the  two  may  be  brought  into  co-operation  for  their 
mutual  interest  and  the  good  of  the  community.” 

Ruskin  college,  Oxford.  Reorganisation 
of  industry  series.  1916-date. 

1,  Reorganisation  of  industry;  papers  by  A.  C. 
Pigou,  Arthur  Greenwood,  Sidney  Webb,  A.  E.  Zim- 
mern. 

2,  Some  problems  of  urban  and  rural  industry. 

3,  Some  economic  aspects  of  international  relations. 

Russell,  Bertrand.  Principles  of  social 
reconstruction.  251  p.  London,  Allen,  1916. 

Published  in  this  country  by  the  Century  co.  under 
the  title,  Why  men  fight. 

Scott,  W.  R.  Economic  problems  of 
peace  after  the  war.  122  p.  Cambridge, 
Eng.,  Camb.  univ.  press,  1917.  (W.  Stanley 

Jevons  lectures  at  University  college,  London, 
in  1917.) 

The  first  part  of  the  book  deals  with  economic  ques¬ 
tions  connected  with  plan  of  a  League  of  nations,  and 
the  remainder  with  problems  of  finance. 

Smith,  E.  J.  Race  regeneration.  223  p. 
London,  King,  1918. 

Considers  housing,  standards  of  family  life,  endow¬ 
ment  of  motherhood,  etc.,  with  a  chapter  on  the  Brad¬ 
ford  scheme. 

Social  reconstruction  pamphlets,  no.  1-date. 
London,  The  Athenaeum,  1916-date. 

no.  1,  Rural  problem,  by  A.  W.  Ashby. 

no.  2,  Taxation  and  social  reconstruction,  by  A.  N. 
Shimmin. 

no.  3,  Women  in  industry,  by  B.  L.  Hutchins. 

Village  life  after  the  war;  being  Special 
reports  of  conferences  on  the  development  of 
rural  life  convened  by  the  Rural  organisation 
council  in  1917.  118p.  London,  Headley,  1917. 

Yilliers,  Brougham.  Britain  after  the 
peace;  revolution  or  reconstruction.  263 
p.  London,  Unwin,  1918. 

Includes  problems  of  demobilization,  finance,  in¬ 
dustry,  the  land,  development,  etc. 

Webb,  Sidney.  Restoration  of  trade  union 
conditions.  109  p.  London,  Nisbet,  1917. 

Suggests  that  a  new  industrial  charter  is  needed  and 
outlines  the  five  essential  features  which  are  as  follows: 

Prevention  of  unemployment,  maintenance  of  the 
standard  rate,  a  constitution  for  factory  and  industry, 
no  limitation  of  output,  freedom  for  every  worker. 

Webb,  Sidney,  and  Freeman,  Arnold. 

Great  Britain  after  the  war.  80  p.  London, 
Allen,  1916. 

Sub-title  reads:  Being  facts  and  figures,  quotations 
and  queries,  suggestions  and  forecasts  designed  to  help 
individual  inquirers  and  study  circles  in  considering 
what  will  happen  after  the  war  with  regard  to  trade, 
employment,  wages,  prices,  trade  unionism,  co-opera¬ 
tion,  women’s  labour,  foreign  commerce,  the  railways, 
the  coal  supply,  education,  taxation,  etc. 


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Report  of  the  Librarian 

For  the  Year  Ending  September  30,  1918 

The  annual  report  of  the  library  has  been  discontinued  for  the 
period  of  the  war.  It  is  hoped  that  this  brief  summary  of  the 
year’s  work  will  serve  the  purpose  of  the  fuller  report. 

USE  OF  LIBRARY 

The  number  of  books  circulated  for  use  outside  the  building 
was  10,017.  These  figures,  when  compared  with  a^ circulation  total 
of  3,792  for  1913-14, ’give  some  idea  of  the  growth  and  increased 
usefulness  of  the  Library  in  the  five  years  since  moving  into  the 
new  building.  Reference  material  was  consulted  by  18,332  readers. 
The  number  of  bibliographies  made  on  request  and  help  given  by 
telephone  show  a  large  increase.  Much  of  this  activity  has  been 
the  result  of  Red  Cross  institutes  and  work  connected  with  war 
programmes. 

ACCESSIONS 

Volumes  to  the  number  of  7 99  have  been  purchased.  This  total 
gives  little  idea  of  the  value  which  it  represents.  Among  the  most 
important  additions  have  been  out  of  print  numbers  of  periodicals 
by  which  files  have  been  made  complete  and  of  correspondingly 
greater  service  to  the  social  worker.  A  standing  order  for  any  and  all 
publications  on  Reconstruction,  placed  abroad  early  last  year,  has 
brought  much  valuable  material  which  has  been  widely  used. 

GIFTS 

A  total  of  573  bound  volumes  and  9,286  pamphlets  have  been 
received  as  gifts.  Among  the  most  important  have  been  those 
received  from  the  American  Association  for  Labor  Legislation, 
American  Institute  of  Social  Service,  Association  for  Improving 
the  Condition  of  the  Poor,  Charity  Organization  Society — Gram- 
ercy  District,  Miss  Madge  Headley,  Metropolitan  Life  Insurance 
Company,  Playground  Association  of  America,  Mrs.  William  B. 
Rice,  Miss  Louisa  Lee  Schuyler,  and  Volta  Bureau. 

WHAT  THE  LIBRARY  OFFERS 

The  library  is  open  to  all  who  are  interested  in  social  welfare. 
Its  resources  have  been  listed  in  the  Handbook  which  will  be  sent 
upon  request.  The  problems  of  the  war — home  service  work,  re¬ 
education  of  the  crippled  soldier  and  sailor,  women  in  industry, 
child  welfare,  reconstruction,  industrial  housing — such  subjects 
as  these  are  represented  by  the  best  material  available.  The 
collections  on  the  re-education  of  the  cripple  and  problems  of 
reconstruction  are  especially  noteworthy.  All  are  urged  to  make 
free  use  of  the  resources  offered  and  to  suggest  how  the  collec¬ 
tion  may  be  made  of  greater  usefulness. 

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